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INYENTOR ATTORNEY N. PETERS PHDTO-LIITHOGRAPIIER WASHINGTON, D. O.

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JOSEPH ALLEN, OF PALMYRA, NEW YORK.

COMBINED ANVIL AND VlSE.

April 19, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J osEPH ALLEN, of Palmyra, in the county of Wayne and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Vise and Anvil; and I do hereby. declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in metal-working'tools, and is designed to provide a combined vise and anvil combining simplicity of construction and a wide field of adjustment with ease of operation and comof production.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear view, in perspective, of my combined tool, and represents the vise attachment mounted on the working-face of the anvil. Fig. 2 is a view of the anvil with the vise adjusted to the rear face thereof. Fig. 3 represents the vise attached to the rear face of the anvil in different adjustment from the adjustment of vice shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of the anvil, showing the hardy in position and the adjustable vise attached to the front face of the anvil-block. Fig. 5 is a view of the reverse face of the anvil-block. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the vise-lever. Fig. 7 is a detached view of the combined adjustable anvil-horn and prick-punch and Fig. Sis a similar view of the reversible reamer, prick-punch, and ferrule-weldin g device.

Let A represent the body or web of the anvil, B the working-face thereof, G the beak or horn, and D the anvil-seat.

The anvil is formed of cast-metal, having its working-face, horns, and all other points which it is desired shall present a hard and refractory surface to continuous heavy blows and constant use, chilled simultaneously with the operation of casting, said chilling being effected by disposing suitably-formed chills at desirable points throughout the mold, a thin face of steel being formed on the chilled portions by dusting the chills with steel filings and powdered borax,which latter will operate to cause the filings to fuse and become incorporated with the body of the casting. The hardy-hole a, located as is customary near the heel of the anvil, and having chilled and steel-faced interior walls, performs the twofold office of offering adjustment for the hardy and the vise when mounted on the face of the anvil, as shown in Fig.1 of the drawings. A portion of the front face of the anvil directly in front of the hardy-hole a, and designated by b, is chilled and serrated, and adapted to engage with the outer and adjustablejaw- A of the vise when the latter is attached to the front face of the anvil in the adjustment shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings. The upper edge, d, of the anvil, directly in the rear of the hardyhole a, is chilled,steel-faced,and rounded, and offers a convenient place for working heated or cold metal into rounding shapes. The beak or horn G, forming the forward extremity of the anvil, is of substantially the horn of an ordinary anvil.

Fig. 5 is a view of the reverse face of the anvil-seat D, and shows the oountersinks a, for forming rivet-heads, and the nut-cracking depression I) in the center of said reverse face. A flange extends around the bottom of the anvil and forms the seat D, which offers a broader bearing for the anvil, enables it to be more readily secured to any block or bench, distributes the shock of heavy blows through a larger mass, and contains a number of projections and configurations of form useful in iron-working. On the front face of said seat are formed two pins, 0 0, another pin 0 being situated directly under the beak or born 0. The uses of these pins are various, but chiefly relate to bending wire at different angles, and also, when not in use for such purposes, they will be found to be a convenient rest for tools. Circular apertures d d, formed in the anvilseat, respectively on the rear left and front right hand corners thereof, and having countersinks a a have threefold usesin bolting the anvil and seat to an anvil block or bench, in wooden-pin making, and in receiving in removable adjustment the reversible reamer and welding-tool b the same form as In the heel of the anvil a counterbore is formed at 0 to receive the adjustable horn d (shown in detached view in Fig. 7 of the drawings.) WVhen this horn is in position in the socket or counterbore c it has a variety of uses in light work, as bending and welding, and is adapted to be used as a prick-punch when withdrawn, the end inserted in the anvil being serrated or roughened, to guard against upsetting when used. in such punching capacity. Beneath this adjustable born a stationary knife or rectangular horn, a is located, one end whereof is received in an oblong slot, D in the heel of the anvil, said adjustment being further stiffened by a recess, 0 in the seat of the anvil, into which the lower edge of the knife fits, and is thereby prevented from lateral displacement. On the rear portion of the seat D two blocks are placed and cast integral therewith or made detachable therefrom.

d is a wedge-shaped block having a sharp edge, and is designed to beused in cutting bars of iron and in opening links; and d is a pyramidal-shaped block adapted to be used in bending angles, opening links, 850.

To the left of the block (1 is a rectangular block,f, cast solid with the anvil-seat D and projecting therefrom. This block is designed to be used in bending angles, and also serves, in many instances, to support articles being manipulated on the block 01 Rectangular holes B B are formed on each side of the anvil and about midway of the length of the anvil-seat. Said holes may be madeuse of in securing the anvil to a block or bench, and also offer other adjustments for the reversible reamer and welder b and adjustable horn 01 The cast-steel bar I) is formed with one end square forreaming purposes and one end round for welding small ferrules. This rod, like the adjustable horn 01 is adapted to be used as a punch, one end being roughened or serrated to prevent it from upsetting when so used. This rod may be used in a variety of adjustments and for different uses in any of the holes B B d d in the anvil-seat D, or it may be inserted in the body of the anvil, and from either side thereof, through the rectangular opening 0, formed for the reception of the screw D of the vise.

The vise used in combination with my anvil consists in an outer jaw or arm, A, of caststeel or chilled metal, which has a serrated claspingjaw, B a circular aperture, C through which the screw D passes, a flat spline, D rigidly secured thereto or made integral therewith, (which latter has a screw-driver formed at its outer end,) and a foot, A which is received in the hardy-hole a when the vise is mounted on the anvil-face, as shown in Fig. 1. Said foot also serves as a supplemental support when the vise is in the adjustment shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. The sliding jaw 13 of the vise has a serrated clasping-face, O, a rectangular slot, D which receives the square end of the vise-screw D and prevents it from turning therein, and the vertical slot E, which allows the said sliding visejaw B to be supported and have sliding movement subject to the spring F and screw D on the spline D The screw D is provided with a head, G, at one end, and is first passed through the sliding jaw B from the outside thereof, in order that the square part of said screw may he received in therectangular slot D A spiral spring, F, coiled from a doublestranded wire rope en circling the screw D and interposed between the two vise-jaws A and B operates to force them as far apart as the position of the nut ewill permit. An ordinary nut, e, on the vise-screw D serves, by its rotation, to change the relative adjustment of the spring-pressed visejaws by moving the sliding jaw B on the spline D The nut e is turned on the screw by means of a lever nutwrench, consisting of a bar, f, passed through a block, 9, and having knobs h h at each end thereof to retain it in the block, which latter is perforated at 0 to receive the screw D, and recessed at f to receive the nut E. The bar f has free movement in the block, thereby allowing the leverage to be changed at pleasure.

The vise may be used in five different adj ustments with the anvil, three of which are shown in the drawings. The adjustment shown in Fig. 1 has the vise mounted on the face of the anvil. In thisposition the work will be brought nearer the operator, and the force of the blows of a hammer will be absorbed by the anvil, as they will fall in a line drawn through the center thereof. However, when it is desired to use the horn O of the anvil simultaneously with the vise, the position thereof may be reversed. Again, the spline may be inserted into the 01)- long hole h,'provided for its reception in the body of the anvil from the rear of the anvil, and the vise used in this position, in which the foot A will support the outer jaw, A or the spline may be inserted in the hole h from the front side of the anvil, as shown in Fig. 3.

Fig.2 shows still another method of vise ad justment. Here the arm B of the vise is removed, the screw D withdrawn and passed through the rectangular hole 0 in the anvil provided for its reception, from the rear side thereof. The spring F is then passed over that end of the screw which projects from the front face of the anvil. The screw is passed through the aperture 0 in the outer jaw, A of the vise, the spline D being received into the slot h from the front face of the anvil, and the nut being placed on the screw D, the arm A of the vise may be turned up to engage with the serrated face b of the anvil, which is now substituted for the sliding jaw of the vise.

The hardy (shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings) consists of a shank adapted to be received into the hardy-hole, of four lateral arms, and avertical arm. The vertical arm E is provided with a cutter made in one piece with the hardy or rigidly secured thereto. F is a beak or horn shaped arm. Gr designates a horn-shaped arm with a flattened upper surface. H represents aflat arm with a rounded end, and E an arm with a broad working-surface, and provided with a groove, F for straightening steel and wire,'a rectangular hole, G and a circular hole, H

From' the foregoing description it will be seen that my invention is adapted, by means of its many adjustments and combinations of parts, to a wide field of usefulness, embracing in one article a greater variety of iron-workin g tools than any device of this character yet produced.

I would have it understood that I do not claim as forming a part of this invention any of the following enumerated devices herein shown and described, to wit: the anvil flange or seat, the pins, wedge shaped block, pyramidal and rectangular blocks, welding and reaming and prick-punch tool, and the rectangular and circular apertures in the flange provided for its adjustment, the knife-horn, prick-punch adapted to be received in acountersink in the heel of the anvil, and countersinks and nut-cracker in the reverse face of the anvil, and the hardy.

I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, but hold myself at liberty to 2. The combination, with the vise-screw, of 5 a nut and anut-receiver adapted to be engaged A with the nut, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the vise-screw, of a nut and a nut-receiver constructed with a projection located at one side of the recess for the nut, and a lever inserted through said projection, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 26th day of August, 1880.

JOSEPH ALLEN. [L s.]

Witnesses:

PLINY T. SnXToN, R0121. M. SMITH. 

